Container and spout



Nov. 13 1923.

E. H. DRYER CONTAINER AND SPOUT Filed March 2,'

I N V ENTOR.

A TTORNEYQ Patented Nov. 113, 1923.

UNHT'ID STATES EDWIN E. DRYER, OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

CONTAINER AND SPO'UT.

Application filed March 2, 1923. Serial No. 622,253.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. DRYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bakersfield, in the county of Kern and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers and Spouts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers and spouts, and particularly to acontainer adapted to carry and confine its own spout.

This invention constitutes an improvement over my co-pending No.606,118, filed in the United States Patent Office December 11, 1922, forcontainers and spouts.

The invention has for its object the novel and useful provision,formation, construction, combination and inter-relation of parts,members and features, all as shown in one embodiment in the accompanyingdrawing, described in the following statement, and finally pointed outin claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary cross sectional view showing the improvedspout with a container;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the spout andcontainer, said spout being collapsed and within the container; and,

Figure 3.is a cross sectional view of the spout taken on the line 3-3,of Figure 1, and looking in the direction of the appended arrows.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the samereference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, the improved spout isdesignated by and B is a container, both of which members are adapted tocooperate to provide a ready means whereby any contents such as oil,gasoline or the like may be conveniently poured from the container B toits point of use. The container B may be conventional in form and in theshowing the container includes the usual body member 1 having a spout 2associated therewith, said spout being threaded as at 3 so as to readilyhold a cap 4 thereover and thereon. In the embodiment shown the spout 2is provided with an annulai flange 5 which extends downwardly within theconfines of the spout, all as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. The spoutmember A is adapted to be received when collapsed within the containerapplication, Serial B, as illustrated in Figure 2, or the spout may beremoved in part from said container through the container spout 2, sothat the same assumes an arcuate extension, as illustrated in Figure 1.The arcuate form assumed by the spout A renders it convenient to pourliquid from the container through said spout to any given point of use.The spout A consists of a plurality of interconnected and associatedsections a, one received within the other, with each section a graduallydecreasing in diameter from the bottom upwardly, so that saidtelescoping action may be accomplished without the various sectionsbecoming disassociated when they are extended. Any number of sections amay be provided, depending upon the use to which the spout is to be put.In the showing the lowermost section a, shown at 6 is associated withthe spout 2, and particularly the annular member 5 thereof; thelowermost section shown at 6, at its upper end is provided with anannular flange 7, and likewise the said section is indented as shown at8. Thus when the said section is received within the confines of thecontainer B, the flange 7 will rest upon the top surface 9 of the spout2, as illustrated in Figure 2. Each section a at its lower end or theend of greatest diameter, is provided with a series of inwardlyprojecting spaced flanges 10. One flange 10 might suflice, or an annularflange might be provided. It is a matter of convenience and preference,and the said flanges of all the sections, with the exception of the lastsection, designated as 11, will cooperate to hold the various sectionsin position one within the other, when said spout A is collapsed. (SeeFig. 2.) The last section 11 will be carried upon the flanges of itsnext cooperating section, as illustrated at 12, in Figure 2.

Assuming the sections collapsed, as illustrated in Figure 2, it will beseen that each section is carried upon the next adjacent flange of itsnext cooperating section, and with the last section 6 having its flange7 carried upon the upper surface 9 of the spout 2 associated with thecontainer B. A cap member 14 may then be applied to the container spout2 to secure the spout A within the container. Removal of the cap 14 willpermit the finger-nail to engage the flange 7 so that the section may belifted upwardly to position where the last section 11 maybe grasped,whereupon the spout may be pulled into an arcuate extension. While notabsolutely essential to the working efficiency of the spout, still Ihave in the construction shown formed in each section, a longitudinaldepression as shown at 15. This depression is inwardly and thedepression in one section acts as a tongue within the depression of thenext section, all asillustrated in Figure 3. This construction permitseach section, which is slightly arcuate, to always assume the samerelation to its next adjacent section when the spout A is extended. I

It is obvious that I have provided a spout member A that may bedetachably received within a standard container, without the necessityof modifying or reconstructing the container.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

1. A spout, comprising a plurality of telescoping sections looselyassociated and capable of arcuate extension; in combination with acontainer member, one of said sections of the spout being provided withmeans for maintaining the other sections when collapsed, in a definiteposition within the container.

2. The combination with a container, of a collapsible spout membercomprising a series of telescoping sections associated therewith; saidcontainer being provided with the usual spout member, and saidcollapsible spout member being receivable through the container spoutwhen the sections are collapsed; one of said sections being providedwith a flange adapted tocooperate with the container spout.

3. In a device of the character disclosed, a container, said containerbeing provided with an orifice opening, a spout member, said spoutmember including a section formed at one end with a flange; there beingthe usual container spout surrounding said orifice opening, and saidflange cooperating with said spout when said first named spout is in oneposition.

4. The combination' with a container having the usual spout member, of acollapsible spout member formed in a series of sections, each sectionbeing provided at one end with an inturned flange, and said flangesbeing adapted to cooperate when the sections are collapsed therebyholding said sections in a given relation.

5. The combination with a container havin the usual opening surroundedby a contamer flange, of a sectional spout member adapted for arcuateextension, one of said sections of the spout member being formed with anoutturned flange adapted to rest upon the container flange when saidsection is received through the opening in said container.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN H. DRYER. Witnesses:

J. SHUTT, J. CALVIN BROWN.

